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PIA01063: Voyager-to-Galileo Changes, Io's Anti-Jove Hemisphere

Shown here is a comparison of NASA's Galileo color image (right, taken Sept. 7, 1996) of Jupiter's moon Io, with NASA's Voyager mosaic (left, taken in 1979) reprojected to the same geometry as the Galileo image.

Target Name:	Io
Is a satellite of:	Jupiter
Mission:	Galileo
Spacecraft:	Galileo Orbiter
Instrument:	Solid-State Imaging
Product Size:	1600 x 800 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	University of Arizona / LPL
Producer ID:	P47986 MRPS77067
Addition Date:	1997-11-18
Primary Data Set:	Galileo EDRs
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA01063.tif (2.955 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA01063.jpg (122.2 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Shown here is a comparison of a Galileo color image (right) of Jupiter's moon Io, with a Voyager mosaic (left) reprojected to the same geometry as the Galileo image. The image on the right was obtained by the Galileo spacecraft's imaging camera on September 7th, 1996; the mosaic on the left was obtained by the Voyager spacecraft in 1979. Color is synthesized from green and violet filters only in both cases, as these are the only two filters that are reasonably similar between Voyager and Galileo. Many surface changes can be seen due to volcanic activity from 1979 to 1996. North is to the top of both frames. Galileo was about 487,000 kilometers (302,000 miles) from Io on September 7, 1996.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the Galileo mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. JPL is an operating division of California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Image Addition Date:

1997-11-18